
Aegypt
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John Crowley
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By:
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John Crowley
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Critic reviews
"A dizzying experience, achieved with unerring security of technique." (New York Times Book Review)
"Aegypt is a must....Crowley [is] an original moralist of the same giddy heights occupied by the likes of Thomas Mann and Robertson Davies." (San Francisco Chronicle)
"Affecting, cerebral, surprising and delightful, this extraordinary philosophical romance suggests an unlikely but thriving marriage between a writer like Anne Tyler and one such as Jorge Luis Borges." (Publishers Weekly)
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Astonishing!
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Crowley's narration feels rushed at first, but give it an hour or two; it ended up feeling perfect to me, and now I doubt if I another could have read it.
One of the most amazing works in English
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A great reading of one of the modern classics
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Brought here by RBPPIF, and thank goodness for it
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Crowley narrates the book himself, in a flat middle-American voice, with a quirky, slightly self-conscious manner. The narration worked for me. I found his voice easy to listen to, and his reading gave me more insight into what his artistic intentions are. But the narration isn't going to please everybody.
slow, meandering, and beautiful
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John Crowley's novels have often fallen through the crack between "serious" literary fiction and science fiction/fantasy. This novel (which has just been republished under the author's preferred title, "The Solitudes") is the first in a tetrology (still collectively called "Aegypt"). I can't say enough about it. It's a novel of ideas that contains interesting and believable characters. It is somewhat Pynchonesque (and has numerous Pynchon references for the Pynchonati) but is more humanistic in its orientation than Pynchon tends to be. And, despite what other reviewers have written, the author does an excellent job reading his own work. I only hope that Crowley provides us with audiobooks of the rest of the tetrology in the future!
Excellent Book, Well Read
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Where does Aegypt rank among all the audiobooks you’ve listened to so far?
I've only listened to two books, this being the second. I can't choose between it and Jerusalem by Alan Moore. Both are top notch novels, to say the very least, and wonderful narration performances.What was one of the most memorable moments of Aegypt?
Ha! It's all great. I particularly like the novel's digressions into fictional/historical chapters.What does John Crowley bring to the story that you wouldn’t experience if you just read the book?
I love his easy, folksy narration, and the inflection he brings to small dialogue exchanges. I hope he narrates more of his books in the future.Was this a book you wanted to listen to all in one sitting?
I would have listened to it all if I could. I use the audiobooks on my rather arduous travel to one of my jobs (2 hours plus each day). It makes a molasses traffic trawl delightful.Any additional comments?
There are three other books in the Aegypt Quartet, so now naturally I am wishing I could listen to those too. As Aegypt (AKA The Solitudes) was published as an audiobook back in 2007, subsequent narrated volumes seem to be wishful thinking. But there is always another of his astonishing works on offer: LITTE,BIG. Also narrated by Crowley himself. I can't wait to dig into that.Brilliant!
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"There are many histies of the world."
I grew up in the West: Utah, Oregon, Washington, New Mexico. Now in the Ozark mountains near Eureka Springs Arkansas--in these parts they say it like this: John Crowley is the "real deal."
Worlds in worlds in worlds. How the world was then; time wakes up, shifts its limbs, goes back to sleep; how the world is now. And still it is our world.
More than any other book I am content to just be in the worlds Crowley evokes.
I want to live in Crowley's world with my friends,
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whoa
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